Last Phantom Drone Delivered

摘要

The US Air Force has taken delivery of the final McDonnell Douglas QF-4 Phantom II converted as a Full-Scale Aerial Target. QF-4 68-0599 was delivered to the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron, 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, at Tyndall AFB, Florida, on November 19, flown by the BAE Systems' director of flight operations, Jeff Percy. RF-4C 68-0599 spent more than 20 years in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, before departing on April 17, 2013 for conversion at BAE Systems' facility at Mojave Air and Space Port, California (see Final Phantom for Drone Programme Departs Davis-Monthan, June 2013, p4). It is due to be expended as a target for a fighter.